Are we over-charging for shipping? Sadly, no! Our chandeliers are fully assembled and ship in boxes that are considered "Oversized" in the transportation industry. Oversized boxes are priced by "dimensional weight" which is determined by the box weight as well as it's measurments. Although it seems like an outragous amount for shipping, we charge only the amount of the postage without adding in our costs for the box, packing paper, peanuts, etc. So... we unfortunately cannot lower our shipping price (nor offer free shipping on our chandeliers) Thanks!